May 20, 2019
Opened in 1963, Ashdod harbor caused the decline of the famous ancient post of Jaffa. In the early 2000s, the municipality went in and overhauled the area, creating a wide boardwalk and transforming the derelict warehouses into commercial space. It is now the most fashionable piece of real estate in the city, with a 1km long strip of restaurants, bars…
April 22, 2019
Öresund Bridge is the longest combined road and railway bridge in Europe, connecting the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen, and the third largest Swedish city of Malmö. Built in 2000, the bridge did not only become a miracle of architecture, but also influenced the economies of two countries, as travel and exchange of goods between Sweden and Denmark became much easier…
April 1, 2019
The word “Mdina” in Arabic means “fortified place”, and indeed, this town is a fortress, which was also a Maltese capital for quite a while. The narrow streets of a tiny town are worth looking at for at least an hour. Yet, there is much more in Mdina, that just the streets. As a settlement, Mdina is at least 3000…
March 23, 2019
Seaplane Harbor is one of those museums that is definitely worth a visit if you are in Tallinn. This advice is applicable to absolutely everyone: it will be interesting for both children and adults of any age and gender. Our latest visit to this museum we paid in March reassured us about it again. Information about the museum The Seaplane…
March 4, 2019
After crossing the border between Panama and Costa Rica, we arrived in the capital of Costa Rica, San Jose, to spend a day and a half there and in the nearby national park featuring volcano Poas. Within this short time, we saw and learned about Costa Rica much more than expected because we were staying with couchsurfers, the locals. Here,…
February 16, 2019
Kyakhta–Aganbulag is the most popular border crossing point between Russia and Mongolia, since the Ulan-Ude–Ulaanbaatar road passes through it. The distance between these two cities is about 585 km, which equals about 12 hours’ drive, including the border crossing and such kind of views on the way. There is also a plane between Ulan-Ude and Ulaanbaatar which flies twice a…